I got a great question from someone who asked “What’s the best way to sign off on emails to give the correct impression to your recipients?” 

I always sign my day to day emails off with “thanks“. Just a thanks and my initials because it was faster. I like “thanks” as opposed to “Best wishes”, or “Best regards”….sometimes I think those can seem a little overly formal. Chances are I’m asking the recipient to do  something, so “thanks” as a sign off feels natural to me.

I almost always have a sentence like “Please let me know if you have any questions/thoughts/suggestions by x” at the end of the email to give people the chance to give me feedback….and that I’ll assume they agree if I don’t hear anything.

If the email isn’t part of the normal back and forth communications: the recipient being more senior/not someone I usually emailed (e.g. new to me)/ or if I was annoyed (I get more formal when I’m not happy),  I sign “Thank you or Regards, Grace”. But for everyday…a thanks is usually in order.